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Hard Lovin' Ever After

The Ballad of Cowboy Monk and His Lady Love


Adapted from Love Suicides at the Women's Temple by the famed 18th-century Japanese dramatist Chikamatsu, Hard Lovin' Ever After tells the story of a pair of young lovers pushed to the brink. Young and full of passion, these two can't realize their dream of a life together. She's forced into a marriage with a rich merchant to pay off her parents' debts. He's a fugitive in hiding at a Buddhist monastery. But their ardor can't be quelled by a few marriage or religious vows, so they set off on a course to double suicide, hoping to be united in bliss on a snow-white lotus. Precise and surprising, funny and rhythmic, contemporary and eclectic, this new show explores the collision of desire and passion with the hard reality of an unforgiving world.

Presented in ACTIVE EYE's signature style, blending movement, music, and text, Hard Lovin' Ever After features cowboy Buddhist monks, live beat-boxing, and rave-Tibetan costumes in a story of passion and suicide.

A world premiere pocket release!

Director Jyana S. Gregory

Composer/Music Director Rika Iino

Playwright Lucas Hnath

Space and Light Shaun Fillion

Costumes Jessica Ford

Stage Manager Betsy Ayer*

Featuring:

Anna Fitzwater*, Andrew Grusetskie, John Patrick Higgins*, Kristine Kuroiwa, Kevin Townley*, and Bobby Williams.  

Music and sounds by Rika Iino (piano), Pete List (guitar, beat box, loops) and Bobby Williams (harmonica).

Wed. Feb. 15th @7pm Pay-What-You-Can Preview 
Thurs. Feb. 16th @7pm 
Fri. Feb. 17th @7pm 
Sat. Feb. 18th @7 & 10pm 
Sun. Feb. 19th @7pm

All tickets $10; Reservations highly recommended. Call 212-330-7126 or email

info@activeeye.org


Access Theater in the Gallery

380 Broadway- 2 blocks South of Canal St. at the corner of White

*these Actors and Stage Managers are appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

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